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Karnataka: 16 held for attacking Siddaramaiah, 10 booked for burning Savarkar’s photo
Bengaluru: As many as 16 people were arrested for attacking leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah’s convoy and endangering his life as row over Veer Savarkar took an ugly turn…
- India
Complaint against Amazon over sale of ‘obscene’ Radha-Krishna picture
Bengaluru: The Hindu Janajagruthi Samithi has lodged a complaint against Amazon with for selling obscene pictures of Lord Krishna and Radha, police said on Saturday. In the complaint, the Hindu outfit said…
- India
School, trust in Partha Chatterjee’s late wife’s name under ED lens
Kolkata: An international residential school and its managing trust, both in the name of the deceased wife of former state Partha Chatterjee, have come under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate (ED)…
- India
Rajasthan: Govt officials meet kin of boy who died after being beaten up by teacher
Jaipur: Jalore District Collector Nishant Jain and Superintendent of Police Harshvardhan Agarwala on Friday met the family members of the boy who died after being allegedly beaten up by his teacher for…
- India
JD-U national Executive Committee meeting scheduled on Aug 29
Patna: After formation of a new government in Bihar, the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) called a meeting of its national Executive Committee in Patna on August 29. Leaders of JD-U from across…
- India
First indigenous monkeypox test kit released
Visakhapatnam: The first indigenously-developed RT-PCR kit for testing monkeypox was launched at the Andhra Pradesh Medtech Zone (AMTZ) on Friday. Developed by Transasia Bio-Medicals, the kit was unveiled by Principal Scientific Adviser…
- Bangalore
Congress leader slams hurling egg at Siddaramaiah’s car
Mangaluru: Congress leader and former minister B Ramanath Rai on Friday condemned the attack with eggs on Opposition Leader Siddaramaiah’s car in Kodagu. Addressing reporters here, Rai said Congress had never resorted…
- India
Maha ATS to investigate yacht at Raigad coast with weapons on board
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) will investigate the yacht which was found to have drifted to the Raigad coast near Mumbai with AK-47 rifles on board on Thursday, a top police…
- India
Ticketing agent held for sending people to US on forged documents
New Delhi: A 42-year-old ticketing agent was arrested for allegedly forging documents and sending people to the USA illegally, police said on Thursday. The accused was identified as Vishal Bamrate, a resident…
- India
Lumpy skin disease: BJP left cows to their own fate, says Surjewala
Chandigarh: Senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Thursday attacked the ruling BJP in Haryana, alleging that it does politics in the name of cows but left the animal to its own…
- India
Study files carefully before signing, Mamata tells Cabinet colleagues
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a Cabinet meeting on Thursday instructed all the ministers to carefully study all files before putting their signature. In the meeting, she also issued…
- Politics
‘When you pose challenge to higher ups, BJP downsizes you’: NCP on Gadkari’s ouster from key panel
New Delhi: The Nationalist Congress Party Wednesday took a dig at the BJP over Union minister Nitin Gadkari’s ouster from its parliamentary board, saying the party removed him from the panel due…
- Offbeat
Now, taste local flavours as vendors return on trains
New Delhi: Bringing back the nostalgia of buying local wares from hawkers and gorging on regional cuisines, the Railways will now allow vendors to sell their goods on trains, as part of…
- India
Protests against CAA resume in Assam as AASU hits the streets
Guwahati: After a gap of over two years, protests against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) resumed across Assam on Monday. Protests by members of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), a…
- India
Rohingya migrants are ‘threat’ to national security: BJP
New Delhi: Facing flak over the Rohingya issue, the BJP on Wednesday asserted that the illegal migrants are a “threat” to national security and that the Modi government will never compromise on…